J.B. Holmes Animal Paintings

Deep pastel colors enliven this painting of a polar bear in the ice by listed California artist Helen Ray Harris (d.2001). Signed lower left corner "H. Harris". Unframed. Image, 16"H x 20"W. Helen Ray Harris, 20th Century, was born in England. She received her initial art training in her native England and immigrated to the United States at age 19. Prior to her arrival in the U.S., and shortly afterwards, she worked repairing and restoring antique furniture...

"They Still Meet at Eleven", is fox hunting painting by Larry Wheeler, one of the best sporting artists in the United States. He is renowned for...

Josep Ventosa Domenech (1897-1982) - Navarcles - Oil on panel Oil measurements 16x22 cm. Frame measurements 31x37 cm.

Gorgeous late 19th Century landscape of cows near watering hole with birch trees and puffy clouds in background by Wesley John Straight (American, 1855 - 1922). Signed lower left corner and on verso. Title "Autumn in New England" on verso lower stretcher bar. Condition: Good; professionally cleaned and restored; minor abrasions repaired and in-painted (see images). Unframed. Image size: 40"H x 32"W. Born in Wisconsin on May 20, 1855. Straight appears to have migrated to northern California in the late 1870s. While a resident of San Jose and Grass Valley, he painted scenes of the northern coast and other scenic spots. After moving to southern California in 1912, he lived at the Southern Hotel in San Bernardino until his demise on April 5, 1922. Exhibitions: Delavan Wisconsin County Fair 1874 (painting of the Wisconsin State School for the deaf and countryside), Calif. State Fair, 1880-90, Placer California 1880...

Axel Hansen (Dutch, 1896-1936) Country Farm Landscape w/ Cattle c.1920s Fine impressionist oil painting by Danish painter Axel Hansen. The painting shows...

Signed lower left. Image dimensions: 51cm x 61cm / 20 inches x 22 inches Framed dimensions: 64cm x 74cm / 25 inches x 29 inches Painted whilst Munnings was living in Cornwall, 'Dece...

Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 20 x 24 Frame Size: 29 x 32 Medium: Oil on Canvas "West Texas" Ranching Pedro Lazcano (1909-1970) I was always curious about ...

John William Hilton (1904 - 1983) California Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 26.5 x 32.5 Medium: Oil on Panel "Navajo Medicine Man" Biography John William Hilton (1904 - 1983) Born in Carrington, North Dakota, John Hilton is known for desert landscape painting as well as scenes with cowboys, horses, and cattle. He was also a poet, musician, geologist, miner, and entertainer. His father was a baker, and the family lived in a shack on a farm. When he was four, he went to China with his mother and father, who became a missionary. There he met Chinese bandits, philosophers, and walked along the Great Wall by the time he was age 10. The family was separated during the Sun Yat Sen revolution, and thinking the father was dead, the mother returned to North Dakota where the father eventually found them. John moved to Los Angeles in 1918 and worked for a gem company, but it folded during the Depression. Then he designed jewelry for Hollywood film stars and sold stones world wide. In the 1930s, financially broke, he moved to the desert determined to become a painter and supporting himself as a singer and guitar player. He also operated a curio shop near Indio, California, and from that time lived either in the desert or at Twenty-Nine Palms. Sketching trips with Maynard Dixon, Nicolai Fechin, Jimmy...

Signed and dated lower left: "E. BURRILL. /96." Edward Burrill is best-known today as one of the seven Lynn Beach Painters. However, his career as a painter began, not with the be...

Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Size: 20 x 30 Frame: 27 x 37 Medium: Oil "Brahmas" A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oi...

Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 8 x 10 Frame Size: 12 x 14 Medium: Oil "Momma Likes Shade" A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oil since the age of twelve. His interest in watercolor and pencil drawing grew during his years spent in Louisiana. With his move back to Texas, he has renewed his focus on oil painting, using this medium in a realistic yet painterly style. Striving to quickly capture color and mood with a direct "alla prima" technique is one of his main objectives in painting outdoors on-location. Cows, cowboys and Native Americans often enrich the landscape in his studio work, while anything can inspire his plein air paintings. Workshops with Charles...

Edward Lee Reichert (1919-2011) Texas Artist Image Size: 14 x 18 Frame Size: 16.75 x 20.75 Medium: Oil Dated 2004 "Texas Longhorns" Biography Edward Lee Reichert (1919-2011) Edward Reichert, architect, designer and artist, is a native Texan who has combined regional, national and international study and practice of the visual art and architecture since 1936. He is a versatile artist and designer, skilled in creating quality landscapes, portraits, architectural, western, religious and varied work in all media. After 36 years of architectural practice based in Houston in which he was involved in the design of more than 400 regional and international projects, he now devotes full time to painting. Best known of his art works are his designs of stained and faceted art glass which include 100 panels designed for the First United Methodist Church of Houston. In 1983, he wrote and jointly published with the Church, Windows Sharing God’s Caring, an art book with photographs by his wife Elizabeth, illustrating and describing these panels and the historic sanctuary windows. While attending The University of Texas in Austin he served as art editor of the university publication Architecture, Engineering and Industry (1938-41). After receiving his Bachelor of Architecture Degree and the Alpha Rho Chi Architectural Medal in 1941, he was awarded scholarships for continued studies a M.I.T., Harvard, and Yale. As a Naval Reserve Officer during World II, he authored and illustrated Naval Intelligence publications. He became a Registered Architect in Texas in 1947, AIA member since 1951 and NCARB certified since 1974. He has worked and studied in England, Europe and Canada. Invitational study and travel with Master Painter, Lajos...